Is there a particular reason that the price change from 80 to 120 is $50, and the change from 120 to 160 is $90? Is there some other difference besides the capacity? It just seems strange to have 40gig extra vary in cost by almost 80%
The drive, internally, has what seem to be 10 "chips", however, those are actually vertically stacked multiple die in a single package. It is cheaper to stack more up to a certain point, then it gets much much more expensive.
That being said, this is intel we are talking about. Cost to manufacture has nothing to do with price for consumer. It is more expensive because their marketing projections show that the extra profits will outweigh the lost sales due to the cost increase and result in overall more profit.
The most laughable thing about this release is that intel is selling those new drives for the same exact price points. Those 25nm cost half as much to manufacture as the 34nm drives and don't provide any benefit to the consumer.
So, what's going to happen to the G2 prices?
they will be sold for the exact same price until there are no more of them.
The price was supposed to come down with 25nm. I wonder if they use their own controller this time.
marketing. Price HAS gone down... just a different kind of price. Price to manufacture with 25nm went down. The thing is, demand far outstrips supply. So they can charge whatever they want.
That being said, all this money pouring in might result in more manufacturing plants being built. I have to say I am disappointed at the high prices.